Epuni Primary School
2018
Monday 10th September
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Looking Ahead…
Tuesday mornings
9am-11am Gardening (if fine).
Each class has 1/2 hour in the
Unity Garden. Everyone is
welcome to join us.
Thursday 13th September
Whānau Meeting.
8.30am in the staffroom.
Friday 14th September
9.10am Whānau Time—
Celebration of Learning hosted
by Room 6.
Friday 21st September
9.10am Whānau Time—Sharing
Time. Led by Student Leaders.
Saturday 22nd September
Garage Sale 9am-1pm in the
school hall. Please bring garage
sale items to the school office
and we can redirect you to the
drop off point.
Tuesday 25th September
5.30pm Board of Trustee’s
meeting.
Sharing our news with the School Community
Namaste, Hola, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Talofa Lava,
Konnichi wa and Kia Ora,
A huge thank you to everyone who helped with the
demolition of the playground on Saturday. It was a big
job, however many hands working together can accomplish alot. A huge
thanks to BobMcWirter and his team of helpers from Dimac Contracting.
I have loved seeing how resourceful our tamariki have been during lunch
breaks without having the larger playground to play on. There has been
lots of interactive and imaginative play using other structures in and
around the school, Kōwhai class issue sports equipment at both lunch
breaks for children to play with, many tamariki play in the sandpit and it
has been good to get the bikes out again. We have also had some sports
equipment donated by Mark Curr, Sports and Recreation Programmes
Manager at Hutt Ciy Council, which is being used for lunch breaks and
SportsStart teaching sessions.
Thanks to the whānau who were able to attend the meeting around
planning for our playground going forward. There were many great ideas
and thoughts on what this should and could look like. We have also
collected student voice on what they would like their playground to have. I
love some of their thoughts; Super hero area, Chocolate fountain, swings,
slides and a flying fox. If you have any thoughts or ideas for our
playground space we would love to hear them.
Last week we had two staff from KickStart visit our Breakfast club. It was
lovely to receive their feedback on how the club is run and how wonderful
our tamariki are. “Many thanks for having us yesterday morning to be part
of your KickStart breakfast club. It is a brillantly run operation in the
morning and we were blown away by the number of kids who came in with
such wonderful manners.”
Kai pai Epuni tamariki.
Nga Mihi Nui
Janet Evans
Recycling by Kiera—Rm 6
I will recycle the dirty rubbish.
Rm6 – Whaea Karen
Kahikatea Rm5 – Mrs Hall
Kahikatea loves reading! Rimu
In Rimu we have been learning
about filling Papatūānuku’s
Bucket – being kind to our
Earth. Here we are decorating
our buckets and creating a
trash monster from rubbish we

Rm1 – Whaea Ancey

Kowhai
Kowhai have been busy creating their calendar
art work that can be viewed soon in the
classrooms and will go on sale shortly at the
office before the end of this term.
What fabulous work they have created.

Rm3 – Ms Dunseath & Mrs Stewart
Tawhairauiki
Tawhairauriki started their calendar art this
week, it’s going to look great when it’s
finished!
Well, one minute the sun is shining and the
strawberries are in bloom, the next minute
we are knee deep in mud again! The māre
kai is still looking well though, and has given
us carrots, kale, silverbeet, parsley, broccoli
and herbs. These things were made into
yummy food, along with crops we had stored
over winter in the freezer, so children had a
bit of a tasting session where they tried
some food made by the new kitchen manager
at The Remakery, so she can start to get an
idea of what they like to eat.

Much fun was had by all the classes last week, along with the
kindy who came to join us, much to everyone's delight. Our
garden grows more than food, it grows friendships and
curiosity, and care for our whenua. From now on, we will be
sowing seeds and waiting for them to SPRING into action!
Rachel.
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Ph: 021 058 7675/021449598
School Holiday Programme Email: rainbow.kidz.start@gmail.com
Online Enrolment: www.rainbowkidz.co.nz
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Extra for trips and events in the centre Hutt Central School
Oscar & MSD Approved Railway Avenue Lower Hutt
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Week One Week Two
Monday 1st October Monday 8th October
Tye Dying Rainmakers
Walk to Hutt River Fruit bowls
Tuesday 2nd October Tuesday 9th October
Rolling Skating – Picnic Maidstone Park $15 Eco-friendly reusable beeswax food wraps
Gratitude Card Making
Wednesday 3rd October Wednesday 10th October
Goldi-snow-errella-hood Touring Show $5 Friendship Bracelets
Rainbow Calming Jars Wheels Day Challenge Course
Thursday 4th October Thursday 11th October
Wildflower Seed Bombs to grow in your garden Ten Pin Bowling $10
Lamington making Bath paints to use in your bath
Friday 5th October
Friday 12th October
Neon Gratitude Stone decorating
Bring a healthy plate of food to share for lunch
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
Movie/Popcorn day in the Centre